The thoughts of a middle aged woman whose wild oats have turned to shredded wheat

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Happy Pills

Bob and I were watching tv last night when a commercial came on for a new anti-depressant. Drug commercials always crack me up because when they list the side effects of the drugs, they are often worse than the original condition. (I think my personal favorite was "may cause fainting and diarrhea". Those are conditions that will just make you loads of fun at parties!) In this particular case your depression will be cured but the side effect is constipation.

"Oh great," I told Bob. "You are happy but constipated."

Bob then looked at me and in all seriousness said, "Well, that's because happy people don't give a crap!"